The Mission is asking for local residents to donate their unsold garage sale items to help with services for the poor and homeless.
Just call us before or after your garage sale, tell us when you want us to come and we’ll send a truck to pick up your items - and anything else you want […]
The 8th Annual Klothes 2 Kids Motorcyle Ride is coming Saturday June 26!
Click here to watch the TV commercial!
Registration is from 8 to 10 a.m., with the ride immediately following. The party starts around noon and will go until 4 pm. You can pre-register at Reno Harley-Davidson for $20 or $25 the day of ride.
Created […]
The Mission is working diligently to ramp up its evening meals services to provide hot dinners to about 400 homeless men and women at the Community Assistance Center.
Among the recent developments:
We have met with Food Bank of Northern Nevada officials to increase our partnership and food deliveries;
We are working with Chris Tinney and his group, […]
The Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission will step up its evening meal program to fill a gap in services to the homeless created by budget deficits facing the City and County.
Click here to read the Reno Gazette-Journal article
To save $250,000, the agencies voted to eliminate the evening meals program at the Community Assistance Center beginning July 1. […]
By Rick Redding, Executive Director
Well, we’ve done it. We’re now on Facebook.
Completely foreign to me just a few months ago, I’m becoming a Facebook “expert” as I realize that we have to stay on top of trends rather than hope they go away.
I’ve also realized it’s infinitely easier to maintain than a website – and […]
The Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission is partnering with K-LOVE listeners and other Homeless Ministries across the country in an effort to provide meals and care to people in need this holiday season.
The campaign is called Hope to the Hungry, and since 1998, K-LOVE listeners have donated enough money to provide over 1.5 million meals and care […]
By Rick Redding
Executive Director
Elbow-deep in mushy chorizo, I question my judgment.
A week earlier, it sounded great when I announced to my staff that I’d help serve breakfast at the Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission. I’ve been employed at the Mission for 12 years now – executive director for the last four – but still I knew little […]
The nationwide Christian radio station K-LOVE interviewed Rick Redding, the Mission’s executive director, about a recent stint he did in the Mission’s kitchen operations. This piece aired Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2009:
K-LOVE interview click here
Under a grueling sun, Gospel Mission staff and clients fanned out in two low-income neighborhoods July 21 to give away more than 100 turkeys and bags of groceries as part of its on-going “Random Acts of Kindness” event.
Anyone who answered the knock on their door received a free turkey and a bag full of groceries. […]
The Mission is selling inspirational greeting cards hand-made by the women in its addiction recovery program.
The cards cover a variety of topics such as congratulations, birthday, encouragement, love and affection. Each is uniquely designed and left blank on the inside for a personal note.
Church volunteer Suzette Thoeni – who’s made similar cards for 10 years […]
